The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-12-08
A GOOD BILL.
Pensions for Confederate Soldiers.

South Carolina. It has passed in the
Senate, and will doubtless become law
SECTION 1. That the followingpersons
soldiers and sailors, now citizens oi
South Carolina, who were in the service
of the State or Of the Confederate States
in the late war between the States shall
be entitled to receive from the Treasurer
of the State monthly payment of FIVE
dollars, to be paid in the manner and on
the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
Sec 2. In order to obtain the benefit
of this Act such soldier or sailor must
show, frat, that he was a bona Jfde soldier
or sailor in the service of the State of
South Carolina or Of the Confederate
States in the war between the States !;
second, that while in such service be lost
leg or arm, or received any wound
causing permanent disability incapaci.
tating him from earning livelihood; !;
third, that neither himself nor his wife is
the owner of property exceeding in value
FIVE hundred dollars as assessed for taxa.
ton; fourth, that he is not receiving an
income exceeding the amount of two
hundred and fifty dollars per annum.
Sec. 8. Before any soldier or sailor
shall receive any part of the payment
provided in this Act he shall make appli-
cation in writing, addressed to the Comp
troller General of the State, setting
forth in detail the nature of the disabling
wound, the company and regiment or
battalion in which he served, and the
time and place of receiving the wound,
and showing that neither himself nor his
wife is the owner of property, as herein
before specified, and that he is not in
receipt of income as hereinbefore speci-
fed. Such application shall be verified
by the oath Of the applicant, made before
any officer in the State authorized to
administer oaths, and shall be accompa-
MED by the affidavit of one or more cred.
ible witnesses, stating that they know the
applicant was soldier or eailoy, and
believe the allegations made in the
applications to be true.
SEC. 4. Such application shall be veri-
fed by certificate of the Auditor of the
county in which the applicant resides,
showing that the statements made as to
property appear to be true from the lists
of property as assessed for taxation, and
it shall be the duty of the Auditor to
furnish such certificate, if he shall SO find
the facts without fee or charge.
Sec. 5. The applicant must further
procure the affidavit of two reputable
physicians of the county in which be
resides, showing that they have made
personal examination of the applicant
and setting forth the nature of The alleged
wound and the extent of the disability
thereby caused, and such other details as
in their judgment may be relevant to the
application.
sFc. 6. Such application, with the
accompanying papers shall be submitted
to the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas for the county in which the appli.
cant resides, who, if he shall 80 find the
facts, shall without fee or charge, certify
under his official seal that he knows
the parties whose names are subscribed
to the several afidayits hereinbefore
required or that upon inquiry he
believes them to be citizens of the county
and State, and worthy of belief; that the
said physicians are in good standing and
regularly authorized to practice in the
said county, and thatin his judgmentthe
application should be granted. Or, if he
shall find otherwise, he shall so endorse
upon the said application, together with
any matters known to him or found by
him relevant to the case.
Sec. I. The application, with the
accompanying papers, shall be forwarded
to the Comptroller General. who, with
the Attorney General and the Secretary
of State, shall constitute a Board to
approve or disapprove such applications,
any two of whom shall have authority to
act. If the said Board, or any two Of
them, shall approve the application they
shall so endorse thereon, and it shall
thereupon be the duty of the Comptroller
General to issue to the party entitled to
receive the same his warrant for the sum
of FIVE dollars, on the last day of each
month, beginning from the date of such
approval and continuing until the last
day of the following October, or until
informed of the death of the party, which
said warrants shall be paid by the Treas
urer on presentation.
SEC. s. The widow of any soldier or
sailor from the State of South Carolina,
who lost his life while in the service of
the State or Confederate States, in the
war between the States, while she
remains unmarried, shall be entitled to
receive the benefit of this Act, subject to
the same conditions as to property and
income as hereinbefore provided, and
may make her application setting forth
in detail the facts which entitle her to
make such claim, and verified by aftida.
Wits and certificates hereinbefore provid-
ed, except the afidavits of physicians,
and upon the approval of her claim, such
widow shall be entitled to receive the
same amount and in the same manner as
hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the
Comptroller General to prepare and
cause to be printed forms in blank, on
which such applications, certificates
and afGdavits may be conveniently made,
and he shall cause the same to be dis